Deputy Head of Workforce

Are you an ambitious senior workforce leader ready to shape the future of people services across one of the UK's largest and most complex NHS organisations?

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) is looking for an exceptional Deputy Head of Workforce to play a pivotal role in delivering strategic workforce leadership across our corporate services, with a particular focus on the Directorate for Data, Technology and Information (DT&I).

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a major digital and organisational transformation agenda. You will be a trusted strategic HR adviser to the Chief Digital Information Officer and senior leadership teams, supporting a directorate that spans Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital NHS Trust, as well as the strategic people leadership across our GSTT Corporate Services.

Main duties of the job

In this influential role, you will help shape corporate workforce strategy, lead complex organisational change, strengthen leadership capability and use workforce intelligence to drive better decisions.

You will work across organisational boundaries, partnering with senior leaders, staff-side colleagues and People Directorate specialists to deliver practical, inclusive and future-focused workforce solutions.

We are looking for someone who can combine strategic insight with operational grip. You will bring significant senior HR business partnering experience, strong organisational change expertise and the credibility to influence at executive and senior leadership level.

You will be confident using workforce data, leading transformation, managing risk, developing people plans and supporting leaders through complex change.

You will also play a key role in championing our values: Caring, Ambitious and Inclusive. We want someone who is passionate about creating a fair, compassionate and high-performing workplace, and who will actively support our commitments to equality, diversity, inclusion, with a focus on anti-racism.

This is a role for a collaborative, resilient and forward-thinking workforce professional who wants to make a tangible difference to staff experience, service transformation and patient care.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in HR or equivalent experience
• MCIPD qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Strategic and operational experience

Essential

• Significant strategic and operational HR business partnering experience at a senior level within a large complex organisation
• Significant experience leading both organisational and cultural change
• Experience leading service redesign and workforce planning
• Experience influencing stakeholders at all levels to achieve workforce priorities

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in an NHS acute hospital

Skill, knowledge and ability

Essential

• Ability to develop and articulate a vision for people leadership and staff engagement
• Highly developed communication and negotiation skills to deliver significant programmes of change
• Advanced analytical and judgement skills, utilising complex qualitative and quantitative data
• Able to work with a high degree of flexibility, adaptability and initiative

About the employer

At Guy's and St Thomas', you will be part of an organisation with a powerful clinical, academic and community reputation, deep local roots and a clear commitment to being one of the best places to work and receive care.

Our corporate workforce priorities and Trust workforce strategy place a strong emphasis on visible and accountable leadership, flexible working, staff wellbeing, career development, workforce transformation and creating an organisation that reflects the communities we serve.

You will have the opportunity to: